Klay Thompson #11 dunks the ball during the second quarter as the Golden State Warriors play the Portland Trailblazers in a final pre-season game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA Thursday, October 24, 2013.

Klay Thompson #11 dunks the ball during the second quarter as the Golden State Warriors play the Portland Trailblazers in a final pre-season game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA Thursday, October 24, 2013.

Marreese Speights celebrates Andre Iguodala's put back slam dunk on a Stephen Curry missed shot in the first half. The Golden State Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif,. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. less

Marreese Speights celebrates Andre Iguodala's put back slam dunk on a Stephen Curry missed shot in the first half. The Golden State Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif,. on ... more

Dirk Nowitzki goes in for a shot defended by Draymond Green, right, and Harrison Barnes, left, in the second half. The Golden State Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif,. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. less

Dirk Nowitzki goes in for a shot defended by Draymond Green, right, and Harrison Barnes, left, in the second half. The Golden State Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif,. on ... more

Monta Ellis puts up a shot in the second half and led the Mavericks in points scored with 15. The Golden State Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif,. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. less

Monta Ellis puts up a shot in the second half and led the Mavericks in points scored with 15. The Golden State Warriors played the Dallas Mavericks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif,. on Tuesday, March 11, ... more

The Warriors might petition the league to push up the start of the playoffs to Wednesday.

They seem to be peaking at this exact moment.

The Warriors snowballed a weeklong run of some of their season's best ball into a highlight-filled trouncing of Dallas and pranced away from Tuesday's 108-85 victory at Oracle Arena with a five-game winning streak.

The Warriors (41-24) have won 10 of 12 since the All-Star break, moving from eighth to sixth place in the loaded Western Conference. They're 1 1/2 games back of fifth-place Portland and have a three-game cushion over seventh-place Memphis.

Heading into Wednesday's showdown at the Clippers, the Warriors trail the Pacific Division leaders by four games. Asked if the Warriors are playing their best ball of the season, head coach Mark Jackson said, "I don't know. It's awfully close, if it's not."

Four of the past five meetings between the Warriors and Mavericks had been decided by fewer than five points, but this one wasn't that close during the game's final 36 minutes as the Warriors outshot, outhustled and generally outclassed the Mavericks (38-27).

The Warriors made more than half of their field-goal attempts for the third straight game - a streak they hadn't matched since the season's first three contests. They led by as many as 24 points, shot 51.3 percent to Dallas' 36.6 percent and beat the Mavericks 40-30 on points in the paint.

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The Warriors moved to 31-4 when holding opponents to fewer than 100 points and 19-4 when limiting the opposition to less than 40 percent shooting. They kept an opponent under 90 points for the 19th time this season, their most such games in 10 years.

Jordan Crawford offered his best production since joining the Warriors, scoring 14 of his game-high 19 points during a couldn't-miss first-half stretch, and Harrison Barnes added 13 points off the bench as the Warriors' reserves played together with great rhythm.

"If you make the first couple and you're still getting good looks, you start feeling good about yourself," said Crawford, who has been playing a score-first role since Steve Blake was acquired before the trade deadline to play backup point guard.

Andrew Bogut led the starting unit with 15 points and added 10 rebounds, Klay Thompson put up 14 points in 24 minutes, and Stephen Curry added 10 points in 22 minutes. None of the starters had to play more than 30:02 in the first game of a back-to-back set.

"If you watch the great teams in this league, that's how they handle business," Jackson said. "They win ballgames. They get their star players rest. They take care of business. And that's exactly what we did."

Curry got an early rest because of his ailing right quadriceps, and the Warriors managed to reel off a 25-6 run without their best player on the floor for a stretch that spanned the first and second quarters. Crawford knocked down his first six shots and scored 14 points before Curry made his first bucket.

The Warriors took their largest first-half lead when Crawford made an impossible-looking turnaround fadeaway to make it 45-27 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining. At that point, the Warriors' reserves were outscoring the team's starters 27-18 and the starting five was cheering on every play with Kent Bazemore-like enthusiasm.

Crawford "was great, and I don't think enough credit has been given to him because we went and got Steve Blake," Jackson said. "I've seen players fold the tent. I've seen players hold their head down and not be prepared, not be ready. He's been a professional, and he's got a gift to score the basketball. When called upon, he's been ready and deserves a lot of credit."

Wednesday's game

Of note: Already up 2-1 going into Wednesday's series finale, the Warriors have won or tied the season series with the Clippers every season since 2005-06. ... The Clippers have won eight straight games, matching the franchise's third-longest streak. ... Power forward Blake Griffin has scored at least 20 points in 23 consecutive games - the most in team history. ... Center DeAndre Jordan leads the league in field-goal shooting (66.3 percent) and rebounding (14 per game). ... Forward Matt Barnes has scored at least 10 points in a career-best nine games in a row. ... Guard Darren Collison has started the past five games as Jamal Crawford (calf), Jared Dudley (back) and J.J. Redick (back) have missed time.

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